re: weight
HRT will slow your metabolism and you'll probably eat less to fuel your body, but this also means if you binge eat as a coping mechanism at a similar level on HRT it's likely you'll gain weight
To my knowledge feminizing hormone therapy does not have a difference in risk factors depending on weight. I also found that I was happier on HRT, which meant less pointless eating and drinking, so I kinda just lost weight by accident
I posted a long ~1.5 year retrospective about my experiences with HRT here a while back, I think I deleted it due to retroactively feeling uncomfortable with that much personal information being out in the open; but i'd be happy to DM that to ya, I think I saved it on my computer.
My attitude toward HRT when I started was "fuck around and find out, if I dont feel better in a month or two I'll stop" and found it was great for me mentally before I even noticed many physical changes happening. I guess I feel similarly to you in that besides my facial hair I don't mind my masculine characteristics so I generally am read as a butch lesbian, or a suspiciously pretty man at 2.5 years into HRT
tl;dr the craziest side effect from HRT is now when i look in the mirror i'm like "hell yeah"
If you're comfortable sharing I'd love to read that retrospective piece.
I don't even know if I really care about any potential complications, I don't think I could hate my body more than I already do tbqh, but I feel too uneducated on HRT to start it also, so maybe that's why I've got these questions? I honestly want to do DIY HRT just on like, principle, even though I know that's kind of a really stupid idea when I have insurance and live in a relatively safe place. I guess its just a paranoia thing, and distrust of doctors/the government not to use it against me
I have been having increasingly frequent days where mental health stuff is a struggle and I don't know how much of that to attribute to dysphoria but its definitely part of it. I think this is something that I will go through with and be better for, if I just start, but its hard to know and very easy socially to just stay in the miserable status quo
re: weight HRT will slow your metabolism and you'll probably eat less to fuel your body, but this also means if you binge eat as a coping mechanism at a similar level on HRT it's likely you'll gain weight
To my knowledge feminizing hormone therapy does not have a difference in risk factors depending on weight. I also found that I was happier on HRT, which meant less pointless eating and drinking, so I kinda just lost weight by accident
I posted a long ~1.5 year retrospective about my experiences with HRT here a while back, I think I deleted it due to retroactively feeling uncomfortable with that much personal information being out in the open; but i'd be happy to DM that to ya, I think I saved it on my computer.
My attitude toward HRT when I started was "fuck around and find out, if I dont feel better in a month or two I'll stop" and found it was great for me mentally before I even noticed many physical changes happening. I guess I feel similarly to you in that besides my facial hair I don't mind my masculine characteristics so I generally am read as a butch lesbian, or a suspiciously pretty man at 2.5 years into HRT
tl;dr the craziest side effect from HRT is now when i look in the mirror i'm like "hell yeah"
Thanks that helps!
If you're comfortable sharing I'd love to read that retrospective piece.
I don't even know if I really care about any potential complications, I don't think I could hate my body more than I already do tbqh, but I feel too uneducated on HRT to start it also, so maybe that's why I've got these questions? I honestly want to do DIY HRT just on like, principle, even though I know that's kind of a really stupid idea when I have insurance and live in a relatively safe place. I guess its just a paranoia thing, and distrust of doctors/the government not to use it against me
I have been having increasingly frequent days where mental health stuff is a struggle and I don't know how much of that to attribute to dysphoria but its definitely part of it. I think this is something that I will go through with and be better for, if I just start, but its hard to know and very easy socially to just stay in the miserable status quo
DMd you the post!
Okay, DMd!
I'd be interested in seeing that too, please
DMd!
I would also like the DM too, please :)
DMd!